seachtú
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Irish[edit]
| < 6ú | 7ú | 8ú > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : seacht Ordinal : seachtú | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish sechtmad. By surface analysis, seacht + -ú.
Adjective[edit]
seachtú (abbreviated 7ú)
Declension[edit]
Declension of seachtú
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seachtú | sheachtú | seachtú; sheachtú² | |
| Vocative | sheachtú | seachtú | ||
| Genitive | seachtú | seachtú | seachtú | |
| Dative | seachtú; sheachtú¹ |
sheachtú | seachtú; sheachtú² | |
| Comparative | níos seachtú | |||
| Superlative | is seachtú | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seachtú | sheachtú after an, tseachtú |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- “seachtú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sechtmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seaċtṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 623
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN